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Overview
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Writers (WGA):
Jim Carroll (based on the novel by)
Bryan Goluboff (screenplay)
Release Date:
21 April 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist more
Plot:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction... more | add synopsis
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(29 articles)
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User Comments:
A good adaption of a book of the tragic life of Jim Carrol more (128 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | Jim Carroll |
 | Lorraine Bracco | ... | Jim's Mother |
 | Marilyn Sokol | ... | Chanting Woman |
 | James Madio | ... | Pedro |
| Patrick McGaw | ... | Neutron |
 | Mark Wahlberg | ... | Mickey |
| Roy Cooper | ... | Father McNulty |
 | Vincent Pastore | ... | Construction Worker (as Vinnie Pastore) |
 | Bruno Kirby | ... | Swifty |
| Jimmy Papiris | ... | Iggy |
| Nick Gaetani | ... | Referee #1 |
 | Alexander Chaplin | ... | Bobo (as Alexander Gaberman) |
| Ben Jorgensen | ... | Tommy |
| Josh Mostel | ... | Counterman |
 | Juliette Lewis | ... | Diane Moody |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Streets of New York (International: English title) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for graphic depiction of drug addiction with related strong violence,sexuality and language.
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102 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:MA (cable rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-15 (video rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Canada:14A (DVD rating) | Australia:R | Germany:12 (bw) | Norway:15 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (NO. 33624) | Iceland:16
Filming Locations:
Forest Hills High School, Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, USA more
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Cameo: [Jim Carroll] more
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Continuity: After the boys jump into the river, there is a gash on the right side of Jim's forehead, after he takes the drugs out of the medicine cabinet; it is on the left side. more
Quotes:
Jim:
[Is continuously getting hit by the Father's cane. The bell rings and the Father stops hitting him] Too bad, Father. I was just beginning to enjoy it.
Father McNulty:
We can do it again tomorrow if you like, Mr. Carroll.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Butterfly Effect (2004) more
Soundtrack:
What A Life more
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May I say, that I was impressed with this movie. It shows the truth of drugs and what they can do to you. After I saw this movie, I went out and found the book and read it. It's more sad then the movie, but still seeing Leonardo's performance is very effective.
Jim Carrol is a high school basketball player who once in a while gets stoned with his friends. But eventually he becomes brutally addicted to the drugs and looses everything he has worked for.
To Leonardo, you did good.
8/10